Labor continues to press Mills on 'job offer'

The Northern Territory Attorney-General Delia Lawrie says either the Territory Opposition Leader Terry Mills or his federal counterpart Tony Abbott is lying about a job deal offered to a Country Liberals federal election candidate.

Ms Lawrie says nine days have passed and she is still waiting for Mr Mills to tell Parliament whether he offered candidate Leo Abbott a job to persuade him to withdraw from the federal election following revelations Leo Abbott had breached a domestic violence order.

During question time today, Ms Lawrie tabled a transcript of a conversation between Mr Mills and Leo Abbott as published by the Northern Territory News.

She said the transcript shows that Mr Mills said Tony Abbott had given him his word that Leo Abbott would be "looked after".

"Yet this morning on ABC, the 10am news bulletin, it is reported that Tony Abbott is claiming he did not sanction any offer of a government job to Leo Abbott.

"Tony Abbott or Terry Mills. Who is lying?"

Territory Opposition whip John Elferink says the Attorney-General is relying on false evidence to accuse the Mr Mills of something he did not do, and the published transcript is also possibly a fabrication.

The Attorney General responded by telling the House the documents were supplied to both the ABC and NT News, and it was the Government's right to table them in Parliament.